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The coca leaf has
been used and misused for many ends, each of them suiting different interests
and agendas. Even its very name has been appropriated by a soft drinks
producer, which still has difficulties in admitting that the plant is used to
produce its "black gold". Every day press accounts around the world use the
word coca in their headlines, when they refer in fact to cocaine.
Download the full briefing: Coca Myths, Drugs & Conflict Debate Papers 17, June 2009
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Call to Action: Support Global Drug Policy Reform |
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Call to Action
World Drug Day, 26 June 2009
As the United Nations launches the 2009 World Drug Report this week, more than 40 international groups and experts worldwide today issued a call to action that presses governments to adopt a humane approach to drug policy.
The call to action, signed by the Transnational Institute (TNI), the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, former president of Brazil Fernando Cardoso, and others, urges governments to enact policies that are based on scientific and medical research rather than politics.
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Tatyana Dmitrieva |
| Elections to Narcotics Control Board compromise its independence
NGOs in the drug policy field have criticised the outcome of the recent elections to the United Nations International Narcotic Control Board (INCB) because the process of trading votes between member states has led to the exclusion of some of the most highly qualified candidates, and the re-election of at least one candidate who does not fit the stated criteria, Tatyana Dmitrieva.
International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC)
Press Release (PDF version)
May 19, 2009
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FMPCDI Declaration at side event of UN meeting |
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The 2009 Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND), and its High
Level (political) Segment (HLS), was a key moment where the conclusions and
recommendations resulting from the January Barcelona
Forum could be transmitted and distributed. This was done to make
more policy officials aware of the difficult situation faced by farmers cultivating
the plants that have been declared illicit. Dionisio Nuñez and Adbibe Abdelatif, representing
respectively the Latin American and African continent, were delegated to go to
Vienna and present the final declaration of the Barcelona Forum and to interact
with policymakers present at this meeting. Read the report Two Barcelona Forum representatives read final Declaration at side event of UN meeting.
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